History of the Wrist Watch
From pocket watch to a fashion accessory. What was once, in the earliest years of portable watches, considered to be unsuitable for men and only for women, has grown nowadays into a fashion utensil that everybody has. In the meantime, the wristwatch is no longer only a instrument to tell which time it is. It is a designer piece and can indicate much more than the time.
A great deal of mechanics in a small housing
The first confirmable portable timepiece was built in 1500. This was not a wrist watch, but more of a pocket watch. Through technical progress, which made it possible for people to house mechanics in an progressively smaller space, the needed pieces of the clockworks were able to be brought into a manageable form. In this way, the first pocket watch was born, which at the time was still the size of an egg.
The computerized wrist watch from Japan
A totally new wrist watch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had built its own watch industry. The new wrist watch from Japan was no longer set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This wrist watch extended its range of capacity quickly. The wrist watch no more just showed the time. The little timepiece on the wrist now also knew the date, the day of the week and even knew whether a leap year was involved.
The wristwatch as jewelry
Nowadays, the wristwatch is much more than a watch. The wrist watch has turn into a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colours and forms imaginable. One can also buy harmonious watches from all fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these different styles, there is something for every taste. The tiny watches, which require eyeglasses to tell the time, and the extraordinary big watches, which make it hard to walk upright. In any case, one thing is sure: science is still likely to make so much progress – that the wristwatch will be seen on the wrists of people for a long time, to respond to the question as to what time it is.
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